On 6/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Jose</b> <<a href="mailto:kernowyon@kernowyon.co.uk">kernowyon@kernowyon.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thursday 28 June 2007 14:58, Rob Beard wrote:<br>><br>> Of course there isn't anything stopping you buying a standard Dell<br>> notebook and just getting shot of Windows.<br>><br><br>I for one object to being forced to pay for something I don't use. Buying a
<br>machine with Windows pre-installed is<br>a) Helping to swell Microsofts coffers with my money - something I am opposed<br>to<br>and<br>b) Artificially adding to the number of Windows Vista users. That allows<br>Microsoft to continue bragging about how well Vista sales are going.
</blockquote><div> </div><br>Why not just buy the laptop, then refuse the license and get your money back:<br><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html
</a><br><a href="http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23198/">http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23198/</a><br><br></div>Or buy a laptop from a vendor who offers non-Microsoft options (several have been discussed on this list in the past?)
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Anders<br>